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#£§§£$†«~. within any labyrinthine space. the more .~«†$£§§£#
##£§£$†«~. folded and ambiguous, the faster it .~«†$£§£##
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#§§$$$†«~. pumps to empty small boxes or jars of .~«†$$$§§#
##£§£$†«~. air, which then are left overnight and .~«†$£§£##
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£§£$$$†«~. veszelle city to keep a few jars (often .~«†$$$£§£
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£££§£$†«~. may take weeks to fill. .~«†$£§£££
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#££§£$†«~. doses. this heightens the senses .~«†$£§££#
§§§§£$†«~. somewhat but at the cost of a lessened .~«†$£§§§§
§£†~~~.... ability to multi-task - context ....~~~†£§
£££$«~.... switching might take longer and be more ....~«$£££
£§$«~..... confusing. .....~«$§£
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£§$«...... multitasking becomes very hard (the ......«$§£
##£§£$†«~. thought does not occur). senses more .~«†$£§£##
##£§£$†«~. acute but "unimportant" (ignored). .~«†$£§£##
§$««...... inner perceptions take the upper hand, ......««$§
##£§£$†«~. abstraction and memory faculties are .~«†$£§£##
££§§£$†«~. sharpened severely. slight telepathy .~«†$£§§££
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§§$«...... sense of thirst dissappears. still easy ......«$§§
§§§££$†«~. to move around the body (if so .~«†$££§§§
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###§£$†«~. the honey eater becomes unresponsive to .~«†$£§###
##£§£$†«~. normal stimuli, but able to override .~«†$£§£##
##£§£$†«~. their own senses with dreamlike .~«†$£§£##
£§§$««.... imagery. sharing of thoughts with other ....««$§§£
##£§£$†«~. eaters, mood reading of those who stay .~«†$£§£##
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###££$†«~. are very fragmented and hard to .~«†$££###
##£§£$†«~. decipher, unless you are at a similar .~«†$£§£##
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###§£$†«~. body is hard to move, and starts losing .~«†$£§###
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#££†††~... . nine spoons and above . ...~†††££#
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££§££$†«~. overdose. body losing water quickly, .~«†$££§££
###§£$†«~. and is completely unable to move. there .~«†$£§###
§§§£$†~~.. is intermittent thought sharing with ..~~†$£§§§
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##£§£$†«~. unintelligible). memeories are sharded .~«†$£§£##
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#££§£$†«~. thirst is one of the last senses to .~«†$£§££#
###£§£$†~. restable after coming down, often gone .~†$£§£###
£££$«~~... for up to twenty four hours. at higher ...~~«$£££
££££$††«~. doses it's hard to move, even if you .~«††$££££
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##£§£$†«~. people are known to suffer injuries .~«†$£§£##
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##£§£$†«~. actually locomotion of the body... .~«†$£§£##
##£§£$†«~. walking around is still somewhat .~«†$£§£##
##£§£$†«~. possible after losing sight, which have .~«†$£§£##
##£§£$†«~. lead to seveal falls. additionally, .~«†$£§£##
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###§£$†«~. to die of pure overdose (on the scale .~«†$£§###
#£§§£$†«~. of jars of honey) before being killed .~«†$£§§£#
#££§£$†«~. by thirst. there are rumors that this .~«†$£§££#
§£†~...... leaves "ghosts", who will still share ......~†£§
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##£§£$†«~. are dead and gone. .~«†$£§£##
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